[AccessD] Email spam risk <rant>

Chris Mackin chris at denverdb.com
Fri Jan 31 13:50:01 CST 2003


Since we're talking spam.......

Sick Of Spam? Donate It To Science
SpamArchive.org Wants To Build Database Of Junk E-Mail Messages
Kim Ngan Nguyen, Staff Writer

POSTED: 9:11 p.m. MST January 29, 2003
UPDATED: 11:01 a.m. MST January 30, 2003

DENVER -- Do you hate all that spam that clutters your inbox? Well, you can
donate it to a good cause. Believe it or not there is a company out there
that wants your spam -- all of it.

The security company has set up SpamArchive.org and they're compiling a
database of every type of junk message so that programmers can test out new
anti-spam tools.

The reason is: spammers are tricky. They are always changing techniques so
even though you've set up an e-mail filter one day, the next day you get
more unsolicited e-mail that has found a way around the filter.

People working on learning spammers' techniques need a huge database of junk
email so that they can test out programs that identify spam and remove it
without getting rid of legitimate e-mail (which is one reason why some
people don't even set up e-mail filters).

So basically, what the site SpamArchive.org wants you to do is instead of
just deleting your spam, forward it to them (as an attachment) and they will
scrub out your e-mail address and keep that spam for testing purposes.

And this database can't come any sooner for a lot of us. A recent survey
showed that spam now accounts for 40 percent of all e-mail. It was just less
than 10 percent last year.


Chris Mackin
Denver Database Consulting, LLC
www.denverdb.com


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of David McAFee
(Home)
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 12:22 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Email spam risk <rant>


Well, Susan...that's why it never goes away and you "continue to drown in
spam" :P

D

-----Original Message-----
From:Susan Harkins
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Email spam risk <rant>


Thanks everybody -- I know it's all good advice. I just use my delete key.
:)

Susan H.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Harkins
<snip>
> principle, but I probably visit at least one new site a day -- and
> unfortunately, I'm drowning in spam, some pretty bad spam too. There's no
> way I would even know from where they gleaned my address.
>
> Susan H.

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